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The price of a chip falls by approximately 67% every year. In approximately how many years will the price of an $81 chip become$1?

I got his question in a document and it doesnt contain any options. Can you help me to resolve this.
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The price of a chip falls by approximately 67% every year. In approximately how many years will the price of an $81 chip become$1?

I got his question in a document and it doesnt contain any options. Can you help me to resolve this.

67%=~2/3, which means that the price of a chip becomes 1/3 of the price in a year.

In 1 year the price will be 81*1/3=$27; In 2 year the price will be 27*1/3=$9;
In 3 year the price will be 9*1/3=$3; In 4 year the price will be 3*1/3=$1.

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+1 Kudos Brunel.

I never though in this way, this si a new way i can drive on to my result.
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P0 = 81 (price of the chip at 0 moment)
P1 = 1/3 * P0 (67% price decrease means new price = 1/3 of the old price)
P(k+1) = P0 * (1/3)^k
81 * (1/3) ^ k = 1 leads to (1/3)^k = 1/81 = (1/3)^4 so k = 4
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Bunuel is using something I call a Growth Table approach. So, rather than trying to formulate the correct answer at once, we can just take the time to list successive values until we get to where we need to be.

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27 Oct 2015, 22:13
we need to find membership in Geometric progression

1 - searched number
81 - first term
1/3 - r (common ratio)

1=81*1/3^(n-1)
1/3^(n-1)=1/81

n-1=4 meaning that 1 will come after 4th year
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